Fired Judith Regan Declares "War" Against Rupert Murdoch...
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Even though Judith Regan made a book publishing mistake of epic proportions when she commissioned O.J. Simpson's "Why I Did It," few in the book industry thought she would lose her job over the incident. For all the volatility of her personality and penchant for attracting controversy, her commercial instincts were simply too valuable for HarperCollins to lose.
That reasoning turned out to be wrong, and there is now more controversy to come. HarperCollins Worldwide, a unit of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., abruptly fired Ms. Regan in a terse announcement Friday night, shortly before the News Corp. holiday party. The publisher gave no reason.
Wall Street Journal | JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG | December 18, 2006 09:10 AM